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At Lucky Chinese, we're dedicated to serving authentic Chinese cuisine with a warm, inviting atmosphere. Our standard dishes and combination plates are turned out in an unassuming counter-serve setting, where you can enjoy hearty portions at affordable prices. We've received rave...

Lucky Chinese

Chinese · Santee

4.5 · 840 reviews Google
www.luckychinesefood.com
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About Lucky Chinese

At Lucky Chinese, we're dedicated to serving authentic Chinese cuisine with a warm, inviting atmosphere. Our standard dishes and combination plates are turned out in an unassuming counter-serve setting, where you can enjoy hearty portions at affordable prices. We've received rave reviews from custom...

At Lucky Chinese, we're dedicated to serving authentic Chinese cuisine with a warm, inviting atmosphere. Our standard dishes and combination plates are turned out in an unassuming counter-serve setting, where you can enjoy hearty portions at affordable prices. We've received rave reviews from customers who praise our food quality, saying it's consistently flavorful and satisfying. Many have also appreciated the cozy ambiance of our restaurant, where friendly service makes every meal feel like a treat. Whether you're in the mood for stir-fries or noodles, we invite you to come taste the difference at Lucky Chinese.

What Customers Say About Lucky Chinese

Lucky Chinese is a local favorite known for generous portions and friendly service. Customers rave about the salt and pepper wings, chow mein, and orange chicken. Some have reported inconsistent food quality and occasional order errors.

Popular Dishes

salt and pepper wings chow mein orange chicken (6) black pepper beef

Best For

Families Locals Quick Bite

Tip: Dine-in service is generally praised. Be sure to check your takeout order before leaving to ensure accuracy.

Features

🅿️ Parking Accessible 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 👥 Groups

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Frequently asked questions about Lucky Chinese

Lucky Chinese is located at 9740 Mission Gorge Rd, Santee, CA 92071, Santee.
Lucky Chinese offers chinese cuisine.
Lucky Chinese has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Lucky Chinese offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at Lucky Chinese based on customer reviews are: salt and pepper wings, chow mein, orange chicken, black pepper beef.
Lucky Chinese is ideal for families, locals, quick bites.
Lucky Chinese is a local favorite known for generous portions and friendly service. Customers rave about the salt and pepper wings, chow mein, and orange chicken. Some have reported inconsistent food quality and occasional order errors.
Dine-in service is generally praised. Be sure to check your takeout order before leaving to ensure accuracy.
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Lucky Chinese Santee Reviews

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Chris-Tia Hall

We always grab take out. This spot is legit! The food portion size is hearty in a good way. It's affordable and the food is tasty and flavorful. The Salt & Pepper chicken wings is pretty good and worth trying. Also the fact that they have BBQ pork is unreal in East County- that's authentic! Our fav from the menu: Sesame Chicken Crispy Beef Hot & Sour Soup

Greg Stiles
Greg Stiles

Sunday brunch. Seafood plate was delicious and the serving generous.

Anna Sandoval
Anna Sandoval

The best service and Chinese food in Santee! They give you so much food that it's hard to close the box. Everything is fresh and the service is great if you haven't been to Luckys try it you will be happy you did.

Villy
Villy

Food is delicious. Can't go wrong with special chow mein and orange chicken. Service is awesome and the best. Would recommend this place for everyone 👌

jason hurley
jason hurley

My family has been here twice now. Food is absolutely delicious for dine in. The service is even better, waitress are quick and friendly!

Robert Maudsley
Robert Maudsley

Best Salt-n-Pepper Wings in East County. I know everyone loves Royal Mandarin in National City, but here you can save the drive and get wings that are just as good.

Shannon Anthony
Shannon Anthony

Ordered a try of salt and pepper wings for a work potluck. They waited to make them so that when I get there, they were fresh out of the oven. Super nice folks. I’ll be going back soon.

israel gold
israel gold

Rather than going to the alternative fast-food chinese chain, Lucky Chinese Food has showcased quality and excellence in the food that they serve up. With both take-out and dine-in options, you won’t be disappointed.

Ronaldo Guadarrama
Ronaldo Guadarrama

Absolutely the best Chinese food place I've been to. The portions are huge and very filling! Will be my new spot to go to!

RJ Martinez
RJ Martinez

I came here for lunch break. The food was fresh. I love a good American Chinese food spot. The chow mein and rice were on point. The orange chicken had white meat in it. The teriyaki was fresh. The jalapeno chicken was really good with extra jalapenos. The vegetable egg rolls were okay. The service was really great and fast.

Janet Lake
Janet Lake

I got the family special and they let me make substitutions at no extra cost. They also threw in free almond cookies and extra fortune cookies! Love this place!

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Gary H.

This place wears dual hats.. sit down restaurant and grab and go like Panda Express. Food is good, ordered the salt and pepper wings and they came out in less than 10mins. Tasty, crunchy, fully cooked and still juicy. Definitely a new spot to get good food.

Todd Lewis
Todd Lewis

Counter style takeout with also a dinning area if you like to sit down and be served. For the take out line they have options for 1 meal, 2 meal, 3 meal or more which includes you choice of about 8 or so food items and rice or noodles. They were very busy on Saturday night at around 6pm. The line went quickly and the staff were very friendly and we're working hard. The food was hot and fresh. It was about $13 for 2 meals and rice/noodles or about $17 for 3 meals and rice/noodles. I would suggest giving it a try and for the price it was worth it especially for a family.

Gabriel F
Gabriel F

The chicken is on point - the servings are good size - people can share - not a 5 because the prices for the combo to go is different that take out - not allowed to have combo if eating in.. great food Exceptional service - she packed our leftovers - tip worthy service

Hitoshi Kitamura
Hitoshi Kitamura

Whenever I feel like eating Chinese food, I sometimes visit there. We ordered three entrées to take out. We chose the fried rice and baked rice noodle combination, BBQ pork, eggplant chicken, and black pepper beef.

Joseph anthony
Joseph anthony

I’ve been coming here for years and usually everything is amazing but I went today and they have some new servers up at the front I asked for black pepper beef and bbq chicken I got bbq chicken but the black pepper beef only had mushroom in it, I guess you have to watch them very closely now or they’ll just give you whatever.however the quality of the food is very good and I’ll go again I’ll just avoid that particular server.

Osvaldo Delgado
Osvaldo Delgado

Food is good staff is friendly. Went in last night and got two plates. I asked for one with all noodles and one with all rice. I saw her starting to serve the noodles so I went to wait by the cash register. I get home and both plates have all rice. The boxes even have the correct items written on there.

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Linda H.

Overall very disappointing. Food very pricey. No lunch specials. Soup is not included with the meal. Ordered a cup of the hot and sour soup and it was very bland and my spicy dish was way too hot. They did not ask how hot I wanted it and assumed it would be on the milder side. Wrong! Food meh at best, over-priced. Will not be back.

Brandon O
Brandon O

Got bait and switched by the orange chicken. Saw a picture of the orange chicken and it looked delicious in the picture, actually eating the chicken was a different story. There was far more breading/batter than there was chicken - and the little chicken there was was fatty, heavily battered, chewy, and bits of cartilage in it. I had fried rice with it which was also not so great and was extremely dry. My family member ordered teriyaki chicken and there was no teriyaki on it and he also found it chewy. I’m not one to leave bad reviews usually but the price in my opinion exceeded the quality and I feel like I just wasted $50.

Noni R.
Noni R.

We came in on May 28 at 1.30 pm. Really poor service from the dine-in side of the restaurant. I sat down at a table and asked for water, but the waitress asked if we are only ordering to go. I said yes but we planned to eat in the restaurant. The waitress ignored me after that point and 15 minutes later I finally gave up and asked someone from the to-go side for a water cup. The waitress obviously ignored us because we had already paid which is very unprofessional. Why she ignored us, when togo or dine in are the same owner and the same business????? I’m sure the owner paid her for take care all their customers even we ordered from their togo side!!!! Worse service ever!!!!

Victoria M. Taguilas
Victoria M. Taguilas

Beware.. if the restaurant is dirty.. imagine what the kitchen looks like… terrible food and service. Lady at counter for Togo food made an order wrong and when I mentioned it she argued back that’s not what I said… super rude but I also know what I ordered and said. As we’re walking to sit down my shoes are sticking to the floor… the floor is even dirty. Sat down and ordered extra food since ours had to be remade. Spring rolls are just fried cabbage that were on a heating lamp because she just turned around and came out the kitchen in an instant. The noodles were pretty instant too! If you like cheap quality food and dirty places this is it for you! Me, never going back, would never recommend

Chelsey Sanchez
Chelsey Sanchez

The orange chicken was not fulfilling and I am surprised that national city's Chinese restaurants are better tasting versus santee. DO NOT BUY THERE ORANGE CHICKEN!!! I didn't even eat it... I want to give it to my dog. Please remove the orange chicken from the menu... or go to Panda Express. I'm just being honest. 🤷‍♀️

Patti Chapman
Patti Chapman

Review update 10/22 from a 5 to a 1 star. My husband went and got our family of 4 some late lunch. Well bad move. We got supper burned orange chicken, and butter fried rice. Unfortunately we ended up throwing out all our food except the sides. It's time to find a new place

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9740 Mission Gorge Rd, Santee, CA 92071

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🕐 Hours Today
11AM-9:30PM
Rating
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 10 min to 1 hr here
📞 Phone
+1 619-596-2978
🌐 Website
www.luckychinesefood.com

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